Mary Ann Fuchs, associate dean of clinical affairs and vice president of patient care & system chief nurse executive, Duke Health, was interviewed for "The Business Journal" article, "Health care employers step up DE&I efforts," by Lauren Lawley Head.
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AnnMarie Walton, assistant professor, recently presented “Let’s Get Nurses Ready for Board Service!” to the North Carolina Nurses Association (NCNA) Leadership Academy. Her presentation's objectives were:
Describe the Future of Nursing’s effort to place nurses on hospital and other health care…
Kudos to Bonnie Hepler, PhD student, and her sponsor Debra Brandon, associate professor, and co-sponsor Diane Holditch-Davis, Marcus E. Hobbs Professor Emerita, for the submission of her NIH NRSA Fellowship application entitled: "Trajectories of Maternal Needs and their Impact on Mother Infant…
Delgersuren (Del) Bold is a software developer and database analyst in the Center for Nursing Research at DUSON. She has a master’s degree in Computer Science from San Francisco State University and has moved to the area from San Francisco to work primarily with Xiao Hu, Ann Henshaw Gardiner…
Stephanie Ibemere, assistant professor, presented (along with and on behalf of her colleague Cheedy Jaja, of University of South Carolina) to the National Black Nurses Association on August 7 during the Innovation Theater Session of their conference this year (49th NBNA Annual Institute and…
Brigit M. Carter, PhD, MSN, RN, CCRN, associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion and professor, will be inducted into the 2021 class of the American Academy of Nursing Fellows (FAANs). She joins 224 other distinguished leaders from throughout the world, including Edwin Aroke, MSN’11, Susan…
Reported sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the U.S. continue to increase, reaching a new record high for the sixth year in a row in 2019. About half of all new STIs are reported among youth 15 to 24 years of age, a demographic that only comprises one-quarter of the sexually active…
Dean Vincent Guilamo-Ramos and Marco Thimm-Kaiser, associate in research, were interviewed by Tara Haelle for the Medscape article "Achieving a 'New Sexual-Health Paradigm' Means Expanding STI Care."
Important Points to Know
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are…
The designated holiday for Christmas Day will be observed on Friday, December 24, 2021, for all staff in academic medical and research units, including the School of Medicine, School of Nursing, and PDC. This date will also be used by staff in Duke University Health System for the purposes of…
Congrats to the new American Academy of Nursing fellows (FAANS) associated with DUSON:
Brigit Carter, associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion
Edwin Aroke, MSN’11
Susan Haynes Little, consulting associate, DNP'17
Brett Morgan, former DNP-Nurse Anesthesia Program director…
Jamison (Jamie) Lord, DNP will join DUSON’s full-time regular rank faculty effective September 1, 2021. She will be a member of the Healthcare in Adult Populations Division.
Lord earned her DNP from Western Carolina University and a Post-Graduate Certificate as a Psychiatric Mental Health…
Our new Student Success Center director, Bernice Alston, will join us on September 1.
Alston joins DUSON after over a decade of experience in higher education. She has eight years of experience in student success. Prior to joining DUSON, she worked at Campbell University as the director of…
Wei Pan, associate professor, collaborated with other faculty statisticians in nursing schools across the country and studied statistical issues in nursing education and research. They presented one study on "Preparing Nurses for the Next Pandemic: The Role of Statistics Educators Moving…
Martin Angelo Rozario, DNP'20, published his DNP Project, "Colorectal Cancer Screening: A quality improvement initiative using a bilingual patient navigator, mobile technology, and fecal immunochemical testing to engage Hispanic adults," in Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing with AnnMarie…
Jennie De Gagne, professor, presented at the 2021 Nursing Leadership Development Series hosted by the Global Korean Nursing Foundation. In the first webinar of the series, she led the "Innovation in Nursing Education: Online International Exchange Program for Nursing Students in the COVID Era" as…
DUSON has been named a 2021 National League for Nursing Center of Excellence, in addition to Duke University Health System. Overall, 23 nursing programs from across the country and across the academic spectrum of higher education in nursing and leading teaching hospitals and clinical…
Susan G. Silva, associate professor, has been selected to become an associate editor and the chief statistical advisor for the Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (JANAC), effective July 1, 2021. JANAC is a peer-reviewed, international nursing journal that covers the full…
Carolina Tennyson, assistant professor, was selected to lead a live Twitter journal club for the Carolinas Virginias Chapter of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (@cvcsccm) on July 28. The reviewed manuscript and discussion addressed barriers to ICU liberation in the critically ill patient…
Emily M. Funk, assistant professor, has been selected by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Board of Directors to serve as a member of the FY2022 AANA Education Committee. The AANA Education Committee reviews requirements and standards for programs of nurse anesthesia education…
Jacquelyn McMillian-Bohler, assistant professor, will serve as our new Institute for Educational Excellence (IEE) director beginning September 1! She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the role.
McMillian-Bohler joined the faculty at DUSON in December 2017 after completing a PhD…
Desi Newberry will join DUSON’s faculty on September 1, 2021, as the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Specialty lead faculty in the MSN Program. She will be a member of the Health of Women, Children and Families Division.
Newberry is a board-certified NNP with over 18 years of experience and currently…
Tamara K. Porter, DNP alumni and consulting associate, recently published her scholarly project, "Improving Care of Skilled Nursing Patients: Implementation of Early Sepsis Recognition" in the Journal of Gerontological Nursing with co-authors Kathleen Turner, associate professor and her…
Bradi B. Granger, professor, contributed to "Effect of a Hospital and Postdischarge Quality Improvement Intervention on Clinical Outcomes and Quality of Care for Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: The CONNECT-HF Randomized Clinical Trial" in JAMA. Other Duke authors include…
Assistant Professors Nancy Crego, Marta Mulawa, Allison Stafford and Ran Xiao are among the 2021 Duke LEADER program graduates. The LEADER Program is an interactive five-month series designed for junior faculty who are leading a research group. The program helps…
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Log2Lose is an 18-month research project at the University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI) and Duke University focused on helping people build habits for a healthier lifestyle. Everyone will receive a well-researched weight management program led by…